The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero: A Lesson Re-Inforced <link rel="prev" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/gothic_in_oregon.html" title="Gothic in Oregon?" /> <link rel="next" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/09/another_look_at_writers_block.html" title="Another Look at Writer's Block" />   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/mt-site.js"></script> </head> <body class="layout-one-column" onload="individualArchivesOnLoad(commenter_name)"> <div id="container"> <div id="container-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="banner"> <div id="banner-inner" class="pkg"> <h1 id="banner-header"><a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/" accesskey="1">The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero</a></h1> <h2 id="banner-description"></h2> </div> </div> <div id="pagebody"> <div id="pagebody-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="alpha"> <div id="alpha-inner" class="pkg"> <p class="content-nav"> <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/gothic_in_oregon.html">« Gothic in Oregon?</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/">Main</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/09/another_look_at_writers_block.html">Another Look at Writer’s Block »</a> </p> <a id="a001012"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-1012"> <h3 class="entry-header">A Lesson Re-Inforced</h3> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-category">{Revelation}</span> <span class="entry-topics">Topics: <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=5&tag=Art&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=5" rel="tag">Art</a> <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=5&tag=Creativity&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=5" rel="tag">Creativity</a> </span></div> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p> I hate to admit this but when it’s true, it’s true nonetheless. I forgot a lesson, a platitude, or more accurately I forgot and disregarded it. I’ve always been told that it’s good to step away from your creative work and come back to it when you are fresh. Usually this advice is given to help out those artists who reach some kind of block or are frustrated with the current outcome. </p><p> Monday I did some drawing and it was nothing like what I wanted, so I quit for the night before I got frustrated. I maybe didn’t quit soon enough because I came to hate that drawing and I could not bring myself to look at it again. Last night my wife wanted to look at it again and when I uncovered it I accidently saw it. It’s good. It’s not the picture I wanted to draw but I could not deny it was still a good image. </p><p> I’m not as disgusted with myself as I once was, because I know my skill isn’t all that bad, I just had a mental lapse of what I wanted to accomplish and could not make that happen. I need more practice, but that does not mean I’m terrible. The moral of the story is I need to remember walking away and coming back days later actually works. </p> </div> <div id="more" class="entry-more"> </div> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Seth Croston Barber on September 7, 2006 11:35 AM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/09/a_lesson_reinforced.html">Permalink</a> </p> </div> <div class="trackbacks"> <h3 id="trackback" class="trackbacks-header">TrackBack</h3> <div id="trackbacks-info"> <p>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br />http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-tb.cgi/438</p> </div> <div class="trackbacks-content"> </div> </div> <div id="comments" class="comments"> <div class="comments-content"> </div> <form method="post" action="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)"> <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="1012" /> <div class="comments-open" id="comments-open"> <h2 class="comments-open-header">Post a comment</h2> <div class="comments-open-content"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <p class="comments-open-moderated"> (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. 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